2025 URBA Top 12

2025 URBA Top 12
Countries Argentina
Number of teams12
ChampionsNewman (1st. title)
Runners-upSIC
RelegatedSan Luis (via playoffs)
Matches played135 [1]
Top point scorerJuan Akemeier (CASI)
Juan Landó (Belgrano)
(31 each)[2]
Top try scorerIgnacio Díaz (Belgrano)
(18)[2]

The 2025 URBA Top 12 (officially, URBA Top 12 Copa Macro for sponsorship reasons)[3] was the 126th. edition of Top 12, a rugby union club competition held in Argentina organised by the Unión de Rugby de Buenos Aires (URBA). The tournament was contested by twelve teams, eleven from the Buenos Aires Province and one from the autonomous city of Buenos Aires. It ran from 5 April to 1 November 2025.[4]

Promoted clubs from the 2024 URBA Second division (Primera A) were La Plata and Los Tilos which replaced Champagnat and Atlético del Rosario that had been relegated in the previous season.[5]

Newman won their first league championship after defeating SIC 15–3 in the final.[6][7] On the other hand, San Luis was relegated to Primera A (the second division) via playoffs.[8][9]

Format

The 12 clubs played each other in a double round-robin tournament. As this was the last URBA edition with 12 teams so since 2026 it would be expanded to 14 teams, none of the participants were directly relegated. Instead, the last placed team played a promotion and relegation match ("Permanencia") to decide which team would remain in the division or would be relegated to the second level.[4]

Teams

Teams competing at Top 12 were:[4]

Club Location Stadium
AlumniManuel Alberti [n 1]Estadio de Alumni
Belgrano A.C.Buenos AiresVirrey del Pino
Buenos Aires C&RCVictoriaEstadio del BACRC
C.A. San IsidroSan IsidroLa Catedral
CUBAVilla de MayoEstadio del CUBA
HindúDon TorcuatoEstadio de Hindú
La PlataManuel GonnetEstadio de La Plata RC
Los TilosTolosaEstadio de Los Tilos
Los MatrerosMorónEstadio de Los Matreros
NewmanBenavídezBrother Timothy O'Brien
RegatasBella VistaEstadio de Regatas
San Isidro ClubBoulogneLa Zanja
San LuisTolosaLa Cumbre
Notes
  1. ↑ Town in Pilar Partido.

Matches

Home \ Away ALU BAC BUE CAS CUB HIN LAP NEW REG SLU SIC TIL
Alumni 19–35 34–29 22–29 34–26 24–23 50–19 22–30 9–12 39–29 24–48 35–40
Belgrano A.C. 35–17 41–32 27–18 24–20 43–27 38–33 41–21 35–29 52–17 43–31 31–32
Buenos Aires 13–33 39–14 20–35 23–26 17–25 13–12 10–32 16–15 26–18 23–35 25–39
CASI 31–20 23–20 55–15 30–26 26–25 51–11 26–16 47–23 25–24 33–29 25–21
CUBA 22–14 31–41 42–23 9–34 10–6 27–23 36–39 33–9 50–40 34–38 25–26
Hindú 31–35 26–35 31–13 46–7 27–3 24–20 20–14 28–26 48–13 28–32 10–24
La Plata 15–21 28–44 20–17 15–44 28–33 36–29 17–21 16–13 15–8 24–19 22–30
Newman 24–14 35–25 18–13 22–8 21–20 34–17 41–12 26–27 29–26 45–21 21–23
Regatas BV 16–15 21–29 27–20 23–27 25–22 21–29 49–20 24–26 37–14 15–19 20–13
San Luis 29–26 17–22 35–21 17–37 17–19 3–55 31–11 16–20 27–20 6–19 9–13
SIC 44–47 50–39 27–34 16–13 38–31 23–21 26–10 34–24 38–17 20–11 28–16
Los Tilos 16–20 14–42 37–30 18–19 35–34 45–12 16–9 17–24 37–39 21–21 27–23
Source: URBA
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Table

Pos. Team Pts. P W T L Ps Pc Pd Qualification
1C.A. San Isidro80221804643465178Semifinals
2Belgrano A.C.76221705756580176
3Newman71221606583469114
4San Isidro Club7022150765856593
5Los Tilos6322131856052436
6Regatas502210012518538-20
7Alumni492210012574596-22
8Hindú4822901358051466
9CUBA48229013579595-16
10La Plata28225017416645-229
11Buenos Aires C&RC27225017472651-179
12San Luis25224117428625-197Permanencia

Semifinals

Top 12 – Semifinals
24 Oct 		Top 12 – Final
1 Nov
      
3 Newman 41
2 Belgrano A.C. 24
Newman 15
SIC 3
1 CASI 9
4 SIC 13
24 Oct Newman 41–24 Belgrano A.C. Estadio del CASI, San Isidro  
Try: Ulloa 29', Lanfranco 39', Marguery 49', Maroldo 53', Brandi 59', de Vivar 73'
Con: Landó 37', G. Taboada 39'
Pen: G. Taboada 17', 42'
Drop: G. Taboada 5'		 Report Try: Díaz 13', Mihura 37'
Con: Landó 37'
Pen: Landó 2', 7', 26', 46'		 Referee: Mauro Rossi
25 Oct CASI 9–13 SIC Estadio del CASI, San Isidro  
Pen: Akemeier 7', 46', 57' Report Try: 22'
Pen: Pavlovsky 12', 22'		 Referee: Pablo Deluca

Final

1 Nov 2025 Newman 15–3 SIC Estadio del CASI, San Isidro  
Try: Brandi 39', Bosch 59'
Con: Gutiérrez Taboada 59'
Pen: Gutiérrez Taboada 34'		 Report Pen: Pavlovsky 21' Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Tómas Bertazza

Permanencia

The last team of Top 12 (San Luis) and the 3rd. to 5th. teams of Primera A (Champagnat, Pueyrredón, and San Cirano)[10] played a single-elimination series in order to define which team would qualify to 2026 Top 14 and which would be relegated.[10][11]

Champagnat defeat San Luis 18–16 in the final held in Manuel B. Gonnet therefore the team from Pilar promoted and will play the 2026 Top 14 while San Luis was relegated after 31 seasons in the top division.[8] while Champagnat promoted to 2026 Top 14.[12][9]

Permanencia – Semifinals
25 Oct 		Permanencia – Final
8 Nov
      
12 San Luis 36
3 San Cirano 6
San Luis 16
Champagnat 18
1 Champagnat 34
2 Pueyrredón 14
25 Oct 2025 Champagnat 34–14 Pueyrredón Estancias del Pilar, Pilar  
Report
25 Oct 2025 San Luis 36–6 San Cirano La Cumbre, Tolosa  
Report
8 Nov 2025 San Luis 16–18 Champagnat La Plata RC, Manuel Gonnet  
Try: Ruesta 34'
Con: Quattrochi 34'
Pen: Quattrochi 2', 11', Quattrochi 67'		 Report Try: Santos Penelo 17', 42' Magaró
Con: Rojo 17'
Pen: del Piano 80'
Drop: Santos Penelo x', 59'
Note
Champagnat qualified to 2026 URBA Top 14 while San Luis was relegated.

References

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